Cigar-machine.



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CIGAR MACHINE.

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CIGAR MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 27, 1901.

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CIGAR-MACHINE.

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Application tiled August 27, 1901. Serial No. 73,409.

To all whom t may concern: v Be it known that l, OLUr Trense, a citizen of the United States, residing at New. York, county of Kings, and State of New the wrapped bunch or cigar, after it has been wrapped by the wrapping mechanism, is automatically transferred to a delivery point by an automatic bunch carrier.

rihe present invention has for its object to produce an improved cigar machine ot the type generally disclosed in the patent above referred to.

As the invention can best `be understood from a detailed description of a construction embodying the same, such a description will now be given, reference being had to the accompanying drawings which form a part of this speciication and in which like characters of reference indicate the same parts.

Referring to said drawings z-Figure l is a plan view of the major portion ot the inachine. lfig 2 is a plan view ci that portion ot the machine not shown in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a sectional end elevation of the machine, the position of the observer being indicated by the arrow 3 in Fig. 2. Fig. l is a view of the end of the machine opposite to that' shown in Fig. 3. liign is a sectional front elevation of the machine, the plane of section being indicated by the line 5-5 of Fig. l, the bunch support being omitted and certain of the operating parts of the machine being broken'away. Fig. 0 is a rear elevation ot' that portion of the machine shown in Fig. l. Fig. l is a sectional elevation on the line 7-7 of Fig. l, the view being taken in the direction of the arrow 7 in said iigure, and certain parts of the machine being omitted. Fig. 8 is a detail elevation, partly in section, illustrating more particu- 'generally elliptical in larly the blast mechanism and the parte immediately connected therewith. Fig. 0 is a detail elevation, partly in section, illustrating the carrier for the bunch and the completed cigar or wrapped bunch, and the traveling bunch support, the bunch carrier being shown in two positions. Fig. l0 is a plan view of a portion of the construction shown in Fig. illustrating more particularly the constr, ction oit' the bunch carrier. Fig. li is a sectional YView on the line il-ll ot Fig. 10. Figs. i2, i3 and A are detail views illustrating the construction of the cutting mechanism. Figs. l5, 1G and 17 are detail views illustrating the construction of the device for applyino' tension to the wrapper as it is drawn from the wrapper support by the wrapping mechanisinl llig. 18 is a detail view or" the means 'for adjusting the wrapper support with respect to the wrapping mechanism.

ln the specific machine which has been selected to illustrate the present invention, as in the machine ot Patent No. 054,203 above referred to, the wrapper is iirst cut by suitable ciiitting mechanism from a leall ot' tobacco. After the wrapper has been eut, it is delivered to a transfer mechanism which includes a support on which the wrapper is held by suitable retaining mechanism, preferably by suction. r1 he trans- :ter mechanism then operates to deliver the wrapper to a wrapping mechanism in which a bunch has previously been deposited by an automatic feeding` mechanism. After the bunch has been wrapped, it is removed from the wrapping mechanism by suitable automatic devices, a` d the operations be'l'ore described are repeated.

rlhe cutting' mechanism will iirst beidescribed, reference being' had more particularly to ifigs. i, 5 and?. Referring more particularly to Figs. 5 and .7, l indicates a bracl-:et which may be secured to the frame of the machine in any suitable manner. lhis bracket is preferably angular in form, as shown, and supports a knife 3 which may be ci' any suitable construction and of any suitable shape according to 'the material to be cut and the coniiguration it is desired to give it. Preferably, however, when the niechanisni'is used to eut a cigar wrapper, as in the present machine, the knife will be rinw ferm will,

however, oe vaiien nein a true ellipse in order to produce a wrapper of a shape which can be readily'manipulated by the wrapping mechanism so as vto be smoothly wrapped upon the bunch. 5 It is desirable that the leaf of ltobacco from which the wrapper is to be cut should be thoroughly stretched before cutting and be held stretched after the cutting operation. While this may be effected in various ways, in the construction shown, the leaf will be stretched on the cutting bed by the operator and suction will be utilized for holding it stretched. The devices by which the suction is utilized may be the same as those described in the patent above referred to. As shown, however, the cutting bed is preferably formed from perforated plates 4, 5, the plate 4 lying inside the knife `and the plate 5 lying outside or surrounding the knife.

angularly shaped casting which rests upon the bracket l. The said casting together with the bracket 1 forms three sides of a chamber 6, the other side being formed by the knife 3. The plate 4 is secured to a casting 7, the upper side of which is formed to provide a chamber 8 which is closed by the plate 4. Any suitable means may be employed for establishing suction in the chambers 6 and 8. Preferably, however, as in the said Patent No. 654,203, an intermediate chamber 9 will be provided, said chamber having connected thereto -a suction pipe 10 which leads to any suitable suction producing mechanism, as a fan, not shown. The chamber 9 may be connected to the chambers 6 and 8 in any desired manner. It is preferable, for a reason which will hereinafter appear, to so arrange these connections that the suction in these chambers 6 and 8 may be independently controlled. To this end, therefore, the chamber 9, by means of a partition 11, is divided into two parts, 12 and 13, one of said chambers being connected with the chamber 6 and the other with the chamber 8. The connections referred to may be of any suitable character. As shown, however, pipes 14 lead from the chamber 12 to the chamber 6, and a pipe 15 leads from the chamber 13 to the chamber 8. Any suitable means may be employed for opening and closing the connect-ion between the two-part chamber 9 and the suction pipe 10. .In the construction shown, however, a sliding valve 16 is employed for this purpose which may beoperated in any convenient manner. As shown, this valve is provided -with an extension 17 which is I connected by means of a link 18 to aleve'r 19 6() pivoted at 20 to the frame ofthe machine and operated by means of a cam 21 which will be hereinafter referred to, the movement of the lever in opposition to thevcam being preferably roduced b means of a 65 spring 22. It wil be seen t at the move- The plate 5 may consist, as shown, of anment of the valve 16 is such that it closes the opening between the pipe 10 and the part 13 of the two-part chamber 9 before it closes the opening leading into the part 12 of this chamber because it moves across this opening first. The suction will, therefore, be cut off from the chamber 173 before it is cut off from the chamber 12. ,By thus controlling the suction, the cut portion of the leaf which forms the wrapper can be removed from the plate 4 while the suction is still acting upon the chamber 6 and plate 5. The outer port-ion of the leaf, therefore, is held on the cutting table and is thus prevented from being taken olf with the wrapper or in any way interfering with the means for transferring it.

As in said Patent No. 654,203, the wrapper is delivered from lche cutting mechanism to the wrapper support to be hereinafter described, by means of a-relative movement produced between the support and the inner plate 4 which forms a portion of the cutting bed, this relative movement being produced by giving a movement to the plate. The means by which the movement of the plate is effected may be of any suitable character. As shown, however, the pipe 15 has secured thereto a stud 23 which is engaged by a fork on a lever 24 pivoted at 25 to the frame of the machine. The opposite end of this lever is connected by means of a link and turn buckle 26Ato a lever 27 pivoted at 28 to the frame of the machine. This lever 27 has a roller 29 which bears on a cam 30. This cam, through the connections described, operates to lower the pipe 15 and plate 4 and keep them in their proper position. The movement by which the plate is raised is produced, in the construction shown, by means of a spring 31 connected at one end to the lever 25 and-to the frame of the machine at the other end.

The cams 21 and 30 may be driven in any suitable manner. In the construction shown, thecam 21 is secured to the cam 30, and this cam is mounted on a shaft 32 whichis mounted in one end of the machine (see Fig. 4), said shaft being driven by a worm gear 33A which is mounted thereon. This worm gear 33 is driven in'turn (see Fig. 1)

by aworm 34 mounted on a shaft 35 which runs along the back side of the machine from one end to the other. The shaft 35 is the main driving shaftpf the machine and is provided (see Figs. 2 and 8) with a beltk pulley 36 which may be secured .to and dis-v connected from the shaft'f35 by means of a clutch mechanism lhereinafter referred to. By the connections described, it is apparent that as the cams 30 and 21rotate, the plate 4 carrying the Wrapper will be raised so that the wrapper may be removed by the support hereinafter referred to and the suction will be successively cut olf from the tie 1,075,172 f gg;

chambers 151 and 12. lt may be here remarked that the camy 21 is so shaped as to produce a slight dwell in the movement of the valve 1G after it has closed the connection with the chamber' 13. ln other Words, the valve first shuts off the suction so that the Wrappery can be removed from the plate t, then shuts off the suction from the chamber t3, so that the outside port-ion of the leaf can be removed from the plate 5.

The devices which coperate with the knife 3 to cut the wrapper maybe of any suitable description. Preferably, however, they will be like those disclosed in the Patent No. 654,203 above referred to, being arranged in the construction .shown in said'patent to cooperate first with one side of the knife and then with the other; Said devices are fully described in said patent and for the purpose of this application, it is sufficient to say,

therefore, that they consist (see Fig. 5) of a roller 3S mounted on a lever 39 -which is pivoted at et() to a carriage 41 reciprocating in Ways in the machine, the lever 39 being held so as to properly position the roller 38 by means of a spring plunger 42 located in a cup 1-3, a suitable stop 44 beingi provided to limit the movement of the lever under the stress of thespring. rThe lever 39 and its roller 3S are shaped so as to Shift the position of the roller with respect to the knife so that it cooperates rst with one side of it and then with the other by a cam-plate t5 which is or may be constructed and operated in the same manner as the cam plate described for this purpose in said patent. The means for operating the carriage 41 are, however, different from those shown in said patent, being simpler. ln the present case, the system of clutches used in the former construction is eliminated and a gear which is driven from a constantly movingn part is utillzed for the purpose of producing the movement,through the carriage, of the cooperating cuttingf device. rl`he construction by which the gear referred to is driyen and the connections by which its movement is made effective to produce the movement of the coperating cutting device (which, in the present consti-action, as has been stated, is the roller 38) may be varied within Wide limits. in the present construction, said gear, which is marked 4G y(see Fig. 3 and dotted lines in Fig. 5) is mounted on a shaft 47 extending across the machine from side to side, said shaft being provided with a crank arm t8 which is connected by means of a link 49 to a lever 50 pivoted at 51 to the machine frame. rllhis lever is in turn connected by means of a short link 52 to the carriage 41. part by which the gear 46 is driven, in the present machine, consists of a segment 53 which may be mounted and operated in any suitable manner. its shown, it is secured The constantly rotating.

to a disk 54thaving a cut away portion 55 for a purpose to be hereinafter explained. rThe disk 54 is mounted on a countershaft 56 extending across the machine from side to side. rlhis shaft 56 is provided with a gear 57 which meshes with a gear 58. The means for driving this gear will be hereinafter described. lt will be seen that as the gear 58 is rotated, 'the segment 53 will operate the gear 46 once in each revolution of the disk the segment being of sufficient length to produce a complete rotation of the gear, and a complete rotation of the `gear, as is obvious, will produce one complete reciprocation of the carriage 41 and cooperating cutting roller, thus effecting the cutting of a Wrapper.

In order that the ,gear ed may be always held in such position that the segment 53 will run cleanly into engagement with it, locking means are preferably provided which will hold the gear accurately in position when it is not beingoperated. These locking means may be of any suitable character. Preferably, however, the shaft 47 is provided with a shoe 59 (see Fig. 5) said shoe beine; cut away so as to provide a concave surface which bears againsty the pe-y riphery of the disk 54 at all times except when the segment 53 is in engagement with the gear 116. lt is apparent that as the segment 53 is about to run in engagement with the gear 4G, thecut away portion 55 of the disk 54 will come opposite the locking shoe 59 so that as the segment engages the gear, the shoe will permit the gear to turn. `When, however, the segmenthas effected a complete rotation of the gear 46 the shoe 50 again engages with the periphery of the disk 54 and prevents the gear from turning' until it has been again engaged by the segment.-

ln the present machine, after the wrapper has been cut in the manner described, it is transferred by means of a wrapper support to a wrappingr mechanism which forms a part of the organized machine. rllhe wrapper support which is herein lshown is substantiallyr similar to that shown and dcscribed in Patent No. 654,203 above referred to. and the relative movement between the support and the wrappingr mechanism by which the Wrapper is transferred from the support to the wrappingr mechanism is effected, as in the said machine, by moving' the wrapper support. As in the said ma chine, furthermore, the Wrapper is preferably retained on the support by means of a suction mechanism, and the support is given the various movements fully described. in said patent. As set forth inthe patent refer-red to, the support consists of a suction chamber 60 closed by a plate 61 which will be perforated as in said patent, the chamber being' divided (see Fig. 5) by a partition 62 so as to form a blast chamber 63. The sup-l port is mounted on a large pipe 64 which is mounted on an arm 64. In order to receive the movement by which the support is swung from the cutting bed to the wrappingmechanism, this arm 64 is supported on a stud 64 which isl journaled on a hub 64v shown as rising from the bed of the machine. lt is desirable that the wrapper support be accurately positioned with respect to the wrapping mechanism at the time when it delivers the wrapper thereto. To this end, therefore, means are provided by which a relative adjustment between the sup-' port and the wrapping mechanism can be effected. While these means vmay be of any suitable character, in the construction shown (see Fig. 18), the lower .end of the stud 64 rests on a threaded plug 64 which is screwed into a recess in the lower end of the hub and is or may be secured in place by a lock nut. By this construction the wrapper support can be adjusted at an angle to the plane of its path of .movement and toward or away from the Wrapping mechanism, thus enabling its position with respect to the wrapping mechanism at the time when the wrapper is delivered to be definitely determined. The movement of the pipe 64 and the arm G4 is effected by a sehment 65 carried on the stud 64 and a seg# ment lever 66,. the lever beine; swung by a cam groove in a drum 67 which is mounted on a shaft (see Figs. 1, 2 and 3) which extends across the machine from side to side, said shaft being' mounted in bearings G8 and being provided with a worm wheel 69. This Worm Wheel 69 is driven from a Worm70 mounted on the main shaft 35.

lt may be here remarked that the gear 58 before referred to as driving the gear 57 by which the segment 53 and the cutter operating 'gear 46 are actuated, is secured to the drum'v 67 and turns therewith. rlhe sup- 'port 60 also receives movements through cam grooves 71, 72 in a plate 73, levers 74, 75 and links 76, 77 theL construction being substantially that shown and described in said Patent 654,203, and operatingvto give the support during' the wrapping; operation, a movement which is the resultant of an approaching, -a traversingr and an angular movement. During' this movement the operating face of the wrapper support, in the particular machine shown, moves over the wrapping` mechanism, that is to say, the wrapper is held in a plane which does not intersect the wrapping' mechanism. The wrapper support, therefore, may be said to lie in such a plane, it beineT understood that the operatingr .face of the wrapper support, that is to say, the face which holds the wrapper, is thus referred to.

As in the patent above referred to, the adhesive which is to secure the wrapper in wide limits.

position on the bunch is applied to the wrapper while it is held on the support. The pasting mechanism employed may be the same as that shown in the patent referred to, but the mechanism shown herein employs a pad 78 which is forced up'against the wrapper when the support is at the eX- treme of its movement away from the cutting bed. The specific pasting mechanism herein partially illustrated forms the subject of Patent No. 751,224, dated Feb. 2, 1904, and need not, therefore, be more fully tice that the adhesive applied'to the wrapper is liable to soak through it and choke the openings in the suction plate 61. ln the present machine, therefore, the top of the chamber 60 is provided with an opening (see Fig. 5) which is closed by a plate 7 9 held in position in any suitable manner, as by a wing nut SO. lVit-h this construction, the plate may be removed and the interior of the suction support wiped out or otherwise cleaned, when desired.

ln the machine disclosed in said Patent No. 654,203, the end -of the wrapper which `is placed on the tuck end of the bunch is blown down into the jaws of the wrapping mechanism by a blast mechanism which operates through the blast chamber 63, the blast in said machine being obtained from a source exterior to the machine. ln the .described herein. It has been found in pracl specific mechanism selected to illustrate the invention, the wrapper is blown against the bunch in the wrapping'mechanism by a blast but the blast is derived from mechan nism which is located in and loperated from the mechanism of the cigar machine. The particular form of mechanism bywhich the blast is obtained may be varied within ln the construction shown (see Figs. 6 and 8), the machine is provided with an air cylinder 81 supported on a bracket 82 or any other suitable manner.

. The cylinder is provided witha piston 83- which is operated through a piston rod 84 .connected by a link 85 to a bell-crank lever 86, 87 pivoted at 88 to the' frame of the machine. Any other form of connections, however, may bel used for operating the piston, if desired. The bell-crank lever86, 87 is operated from a cam 89 mounted on the countershaft 5G. lWhile the piston 83 might fit snugly in the cylinder 81, thus acting as a pump piston and being operated in both directions by the connections described, in the construction shown, the piston is loose inthe cylinder and has secured ,to it a bellows 90. The cani 89 is so shaped that at the proper time the bowl carried by the arm 87 of the lever 8G, 87 slips off it, and the weight of the piston causes the bel lows to collapse. A pipe 91 opens into the. air chamber through the bracket 82, said pipe-having a nozzle 93 supported on a noveles bracket 94E rising from the frame of the machine. This. nozzle is backed up by a spring and is so located vthat as the suction support for the wrapper swings into the position where it begins to deliver' the wrapper to the wrapping mechanism, it will register witha noz'zle 95 (see Fig. 5) carried on the suction support and opening into the blast chamber. The cam 89 is so timed that it allows. the piston 83 to drop at the timewhen-thernozzles 93 and 95 come into register.

.The wrapping mechanismemployed may be ot any suitable description. It may, however, consi-st of two pairs of intermeshing' wrapping jaws 96, said jawsbeing constructed and operated gener-ally as shown and desc'ribed'in the reissue :patent to J. Reuse, No. 11,695, dated' Sept. 20, 1898. The particular details of this wrapping mechanism are not necessary to :an understanding of the present invention, and the same is not, therefore, described, the Reuse forni of wra )ping mechanism being shown simply for tlie purpose of `generally indicating' a wrapping mechanism. The Reuse patent referred to, however, shows a vform of u-rapping mechanism which may be adopted, if desired.

ln the particular construct-ion disclosed in this application, as well as in Patent 054,203 above referred to, the Wrapper is drawn from the wrapper support by the wrapping,r mechanism against the force of the retaininglr means by which the wrapper is held on the support. The retaining,r means shownin the particular' construction herein illustrated'are the same as those ofthe machine of the patent referred to, to wit, that including a suction mechanism. In feeding wrappers automatically to a cigar machine bya device 'whiehholds the wrapper in au ontspread condition, it has been `found desirable to employa wrapper controlling device which acts on the wrapperv between the wapper support and the wrapfping mechanism, the purpose of this device being to guide the wrapper properly tothe bunch and to overcome thetendenoy of the wrapper to wrinkle longitudinally. This device may also. under certain circumstances, exercise more or less tension on the wrapper. While this wrapper controlling device may he varied in its construction, in the particular embodiment of the invention shown, here is provided a tension plate or linger 9T which is so located asto act on the wrapper between the suction carrier and the rfrappirrel mechanism, the wrapperrbeing drawn over the-end thereof by the rolling bunch in the wapping mechanism. The construction by which this wrapper controlling device is mounted and operated may be varied and will varv accordingr to the particular construction of the device. te

shown, (see Figs. 1, 15, ,16 andl?) the tension plate or linger is mounted on a bracket 99 which is supported on a rod 100 mounted in-bcarings 101 rising from the frame which supports the Wrapping jaws. The finger is secured to the bracket by means of pivots 102, 103, the pivot 103 being in effect a short shaft. Secured yto the pivot 103 so as to turn therewith is a block 10st to which a rearward extension .105 of the linger is secured in any suitable manner, as by means ota screw 106. A retainer 107 is provided which prevents the screw 'from being entirely withdrawn from the extension .105. The finger 97 is provided with a. segment shaped lug` 108 which tits into a recess in a cross web 109 of the bracket 99, the segment-shaped lug 108 being of sulhcient eX- teut so as not to pass out of the recess'in the web 109 asthe linger is operated. 'By unscrewing the screw 106 andswinging the finger upward on its pivots, untilthe se@- ment shaped lug 108 passes out of the recess in the web 109, 1t can he .readily'removedfrom the bracket. .ln some cases and as shown, it may be desirable to cause this.

wrapper controlling device :to bear against the wrapper on the support, and when this is done, the device should be held against the supportyieldingly. "In .the construction illustrated, the lplate or finger 97 is held against the support by a spring whichmay be located and arrangedin any suitable manner. As shown, thepivot 103 is provided with an arm 110 havinga series of notches thereon and a s )ring-111 is arranged to'hoek into any one 'otl the notches in the arm, said Spring'being secured at any suitable point, as for instance, one'of the hearings in which the rod 100.is'1nounted. Thenotches on the arm 110 enable .the stress of the 'spring to bereadily adjusted. 1t is desirable thatthe linger be arranged so that it can he moved into operative-position as soon as the wrapping .jaws have begun to windthe wrapper on=the bunchand to he .moved out of position before the lwrapping isentirely completed, soas to Vavoid wiping off the paste which has been placed, as'beiore described, on the under side ot the end oie the wrapper which is to loe-wound upon the tip end of the bunch. The construction *by which the desired movements ot the linger are produced may be ot1 any suitable character. As shown, however, the bracket 99 is provided with an extension 112 which carries a 4roll 113, said roll engaging a groove in a cam 114 mounted on a sha'tt 115 which is one ot the shafts ot the wrapping mechanism. livoted on the rod is a, lever 116 carrying a bowl 117 which runs on the periphery of a cam 118 secured to the shaft 115. This lever is connected by means of a link 119 to the block 10% before described. rlt"he cam 11e operates to give the tension linger a movement toward and away from the wrapper jaws and the lever 116 rocks the tension finger on its pivot to move it toward and away from the support. The cam 118 is, therefore, arranged to come into action just before thev support in its movement brings the pasted portion of the wrapper over the tension finger, and the cam 114 rocks the finger toward and away from the wrapping jaws at the beginning and end of the movement by which the support delivers the wrapper to the wrapping mechanism.

It will, of course, be understood that the wrapping mechanism draws the wrapper' along the support, and when the finger 97 is not used, it is found that the wrapper is liable to crawl on the support to an excessive degree. The finger, however, places sufficient'tension on'the wrapper to retard this crawling movement and at the same time assists the suction mechanism to hold the wrapper sufficiently strong against the pull of the wrapping jaws to insure that the wrapper will be properly stretched as it is wound upon the bunch.

ln the Inachine disclosed in the Patent No. 654,203 the bunch or other material to bewrapped is placed in the wrapping mechanism by an automat-ic carrier and the wrapped product is removed from the wrapping mechanism by the same. carrier. The present invention includes certain improvements in this automatic carrying mechanism. The mechanism by which this part of the invention is carried into effect may be varied within wide limits. The preferred mechanism, however, includes a carrier (see Figs. 4, 6, 9 and 10) which, in the presentmachine comprises an arm 120 mounted on a vertical shaft 121 which is rotated to produce the movement of the carrier; 1n the present machine, the means for rotating this shaft 121 consists of an arm 122 fast on the shaft, said arm being connected by a link 123 to an arm 124 mounted on a verticalv Shaft 125. This shaft 125 has secured to its lower end an arm 126 carrying a roller which engages a cam groove in-a drum 127 mountedA on the shaft 32. As the shaft rotates, the arms 124, 122 and the link 123 operate to give the shaft 121 and the carrier arm 120 a swinging movement toward and away from the wrapping mechanism. lln the present machine, the carrier is arranged not only to deliver the bunch or other material to be wrapped to the wra ping mechanism, but to remove the wrappe product from the wrapping mechanism. To this end, therefore, the carrier is provided with two sets of retaining devices, which may be of any suitable construction, one set being arranged to transfer the bunch or material to be wrapped to the wrapping mechanism andthe other to remove the wrapped product therefrom. As

las the case may be.

shown, the carrier is provided with two castings 128, 129. These castings are secured tol the carrier in any suitable manner, and each of them has downwardly extending projections at each end thereof. The projections on the casting 128 are marked 130 and`131, and the projections on the casting 129 are marked 132 and 133. These downward projections are formed to provide concave recesses into which the tuck and tip ends of the cigar and bunch are fed. The casting 128 also serves to support a pair of rods 134 and the casting 129 serves to support a similar pair of rods 135. These rods are pivoted in the cast-ings in any suitable manner, as by the cone pivots shown. The rods 134 serve to support a series of fingers 136 which are arranged bet-Ween the projections 130, 131. Similarly, the rods 135 serve to support a series of fingers 137. r)Fliese fingers are shaped as shown, that is, they have their lower ends bent inward and toward each other so as to support the cigar or bunch, as the case may be, and hold it in the concave recesses of the downward extensions before described.

Suitable means are provided for rocking the rods 134, 135 to open them for reciving and discharging means. Means are also preferably provided for positively ejecting the cigar or bunch which is held by the fingers, though gravity might be depended upon for this purpose. `When, however, positive ejecting means is employed, this ejecting means will also be utilized for the purpose of opening the ngers. In the construction shown, an ejector 138 is located between the fingers 136, said ejector being carried on astem 139 which is slidingly mounted in the carrier arm. Similarly, an ejector 140 is located between the fingers 137, said ejector being carried on a stem 141 also slidingly mounted in the carrier arm. The means by which the eject-ors open the retaining fingers may be of any suitable construction. As shown, the ejector 140 is provided with a pin 142 which whenthe ejector is in it-s upper or inoperative position rest in recesses in the set of fingers 137. Similarly, the ejector 138 is provided with a pin 143 which when the ejector is in its upper posiy tion rest in recesses in the set of fingers 136. These recesses are slightly cam-shaped, as shown. When, therefore, the ejectors are given their downward movement, theyopen the fingers, this opening action taking place before the ejectors reach the cigar or bunch, v

rlhe closino means for the ejectors preferably consist of springs, so ,that a yielding action may be exercised on the cigar bunch or cigar. llhese springs may be located and arranged in any suitable manner. As shown, the set of fingers 137 are connected by springs 144 and the fingers 136 by similar springs 145.

, character.

The means for operating t-he ejectors may be of any suitable description. As shown, the stem 139 of theejector 138 is provided with a pin 146 which is engaged by a forked lever 147 pivoted at 148 to the carrier arm. Similarly, the stem 141 of t-he ejector 140 is provided with a pin 149 which is engaged by a forked lever 150 pivoted at 151 to the carrier arm. rlhe lever 147 is held so as to keep the stem 139 in its upper position by means of a spring 152 and a similar spring 153 performs the same oliice for the lever 150. The means for operating these levers to lower the ejectors may be of any suitable The means used for this purpose, however, will be hereinafter described.

A suitable support is provided for the bunches or other material to be wrapped. While this support may be of any suitable description, it is preferably a travelingv support and preferably also will be 'arranged so as not only to supply the bunches or other material to be wrapped to the bunch retaining devices of the carrier arm, but will also preferably be constructed to receive the wrapped product from the retaining devices which take this product from the wrapping mechanism. The construction of this support may be varied within wide limits. In the machine shown, however (see Figs. 1, 4, 6, and 9) the support consists of two endless chains 154, 155, said chains being connected by cross bars 156. These chains are shown as supported on drums 157, 158, the drums 158 being mounted on a shaft 159 which is journaled in a bracket 160 extending outivard'from the machine, and the drums 157 being mounted on a shaft 161 which is journaled in brackets 162, 163 also extending outward from the machine. The chains are provided with suitable holding devices. 1n the present instance, the links of the chains are concave on their upper surfaces, thus forming cradles which are adapted to receive both the bunches to be wrapped and the wrapped product. The shafts 159, 161 are preferably inclined to the horizontal, as shown, and the chain-155 is preferably provided' with a stop 164 which consists of a series of angular brackets secured to the side of the chain. By inclining the chains to the horizontal, as shown, the bunches and cigars tend to slide downward in the cradles, thisy tendency being increased by the movement of the chains, and the stops 164 will accurately position the bunches and cigars in the cradles. The movement of the support may be produced in any suitable manner. In the construction shown, the shaft 161 is provided with a ratchet wheel 165 which is engaged by a suitable pawl on a pawl carrier 166. The paivl carrier is, or may be operated.by a rod 167 which is 'secured to a bellcrank lever 168 (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 6), said bell-crank lever having on Aone The carrier 120, in the present machine,

is so positioned with respect to the traveling support as to receive a bunch therefrom and deliver a wrapped bunch thereto, and is then so' positioned with respect to the wrapping mechanism as to receive a wrapped bunch therefrom and deliver a bunch thereto. In the present machine, therefore, it is necessary that the retaining devices which receive the bunch from the support should be open at the time they receive the bunch and should be closed immediately thereafter, and should be opened to deliver the bunch to the wrapping mechanism. Similarly, the retaining devices which carry the wrapped bunch or cigar should be opened at the time they receive the cigar from the wrapping mechanism, should be closed immediately thereafter, andfshould be opened at the time they are to deliver the wrapped bunch or cigar to the support. These retaining devices are, therefore, controlled by independent mechanisms which have been hereinbefore described. The means for operating these independent mechanisms, which, as beforestated, may be of any suitable character, comprise, in the present machine (see Figs. 1, 4 and 9) arms 169, 176, the arm 169 operating to actuate the controlling mechanisms for the retainers when they are in position with respect to the wrapping mechanism, and the arm 170 operating toactuate these mechanisms when they are in position with respect to the traveling support. These arms 169, 170 are mounted on a shaft 171 'mounted in suitable bearings in the machine frame. This shaft 171 has an arm 172 eX- tending therefrom which is connected by a link 173 to a lever 174 pivoted at 175 to the frame of the machine. The lever 174 carries a cam roll which works in a groove in a cam 176 which is secured to the drum 127 which is mounted on the shaft 32. The arms 169, 17 0 are arranged to strike the tails of the levers 147, 150, which have beendescribed as controlling the movement of the ejector-s for the retaining devices, when the same are in position. These arms, therefore, cause the levers 147, 150 to move i against the stress of their springs and produce a downward movement of the ejectors, thus opening the retaining fingers.

In the present machine, the arrangement of the retaining devices is such that only one setof retainers will be in proper receiving position over the support or the wrapping mechanism, as the case may be, at the same time and, similarly, only one set of retainers will be in delivery position over the supporto-r the wrapping mechanism, at the same time. In4 the machine shown herein,

the retaining devices 136 receive the wrapped bunch or cigar from the wrapping mechanism and deliver'it to the support and the retaining devices 137 receive the bunch from the support and deliver it to the wrapping mechanism. IThe carrier 120 is, therefore, so moved that the retaining devices 136 are in the present machine positioned over the wrapping jaws 96. lWhen these devices are in this position, the arm 169 is operated to cause the ejector to descend'and open the retaining devices. The wrapped bunch or ycigar is then transferred by the lifters ordinarily employed 'with this wrapping mechanism into the retaining devices, it being noted that the ejector does not descend far enough to'prevent the transfer of the cigar. As soon as the cigar has been placed in the grasp of the retaining devices, the arm 169 retreats, thus permitting the ejector to rise and the retaining devices to close. The carrier 120 is now given a short movement to bring the retaining devices 137 over the wrapping mechanism and the` arm 169 is again operated to cause the ejector 140 to descend, open the retaining devices, and discharge the bunch into the wrapping jaws. The carrier 120 is now moved by its operating mechanism away from the wrapping mechanism to position the retaining devices 137 over the support, this movement being intermitted, however, in the present machine, to permit the operation of a. cutting mechanism which trims the ends of the wrapped product carried by the retaining devices 136. Vihen the jaws 137 are suitably positioned over the support, they are opened by the action of the arm 170 and a bunch is transferred to them.

In the present machine, devices are employed to lift the bunch from the support into the bunch retaining devices 137, and this lifting mechanism is also utilized to receive the wrapped bunch or'cigar from the fingers 136 and deposit it in the holding devices of the support. The lifting mechanism by which the functions above referred to are accomplished may be constructed in any suitable manner. As shown, however, this lifting mechanism consists' (see Figs. 1, 4, 6 and 9) of an arm 177 pivoted on a short shaft 178 mounted inan extension 179 which is secured to the bracket 162 before referred to as one of the supports for the shaft 161 of the bunch supporting mechanism. This arm 177 is preferably provided with two pairs of retainers 180, 181 between which the cigar or the bunch rests, as the case may be. The arm 177-is arranged to movebetween the bars 156 of the chains to remove the. bunches from the cradles and to transfer the wrapped `bunches or cigars to t-hem. To this end, therefore, the arm 177 is formed with a deep recess 182 in order to clear the chain 154 as the arm moves upward. The upper position of the arm is indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 9. The means for moving this lifter arm 177 may be of any preferred form. In the construction shown, the shaft 178 has an arm 183 ertending therefrom, said arm being connected by a link 184 to one of the arms 185, of a bellcrank leve-r 185, 186 pivoted to the frame of the machine. The arm 186 of the bellcrank carries a bowl which runs in a groove in a cam disk 187 mounted on the shaft 32 before described. After a bunch has been placed in the retaining devices 137, the carrier is given a slight additional movement to bring Athe retaining devices 136 into position to discharge a wrapped bunch. When the carrier has reached the proper position the lifting. arm 177 is raised and the retaining devices 136 are opened to deposit a cigar on the lifter arm whichin turn transfers it to th-e wrapper. The carrier is now swung on its pivot into receiving position over the wrapping mechanism.

In some cases, the vibration due to the rapidly operating` mechanism of the machine Amay tend to displace the bunch or the cigar,

as the case may be, as it lies in the retainers 180 of the arm 187. In order to prevent this displacement, the machine is or may be provided (see Fig. 9) with a guard plate 188 which isfsecured on a bracket 189 extending from the machine frame, this guard plate being so located as to prevent -any endwise movement of the bunch or the cigar in the retainers as it is being transferred from the 'traveling support to the retaining devices of the carrier. y

In the machine disclosed in said Patent No. 654,203, the wrapped product is trimmed while it is in the wrapping jaws. In the present machine, the trimming mechanism acts upon the finished product and while it is being transferred from the wrapping mechanism to its point of discharge, which, in the present case is the traveling support. The trimming mechanism may be of any suitable character, and may be operated by any desired means. Inasmuch, however, as the present machine is intended for making cheroots, the trix'nming mechanism will be of such a character as to trim both ends of the wrapped product. Referring more particularly to Figs. 1, 4, 6 and 12 to 14, the cutting mechanism which is preferably employed, consists of a pair of' rotating cutters 19() mounted on a shaft 191 which is journaled in a head-192. In theA present machine, inasmuch as the carrier 1s mounted on an arm which has a swinging movement about a center, it is desirable'tohave! the cuttersl mounted/so that theywillfbe n'ormally outof the path of the arm and will be moved into said path durin the cutting operation. To this end, there ore, the head 192 is mounted in ways in a bracket 193 suitably secured to the machine frame. The means for moving the head so as to carry the cutters into and out of the path of movement of the carrier may be of any suitable description. As shown, the head is connected by means of a link 194,-said link including a turn-buckle 195,-to one of the arms 196, 197 of the bellcrank lever, said lever being pivoted at 198 to a bracket secured to the machine frame. The arm 197 is formed with a cam head 198 which is grooved as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 18. The groove in this cam head 198 at proper times is engaged by a stud 199 Carried on the worm gear 33- which has been before described as mounted on the shaft 32 and driven by the worm 34 on the main shaft 35. As this-stud enters the groove in the cam head 198 the bell crank 196, 197 is rocked and moves the cutters up intoY the path of the carrier. The bell crank is returned by means of a spring 200 attached to the arm 196 of the bell crank. In order, however, to prevent sticking, the groove in the cam head is given the configuration shown, so that the stud 199 will start the backward movement of the bell-crank. The cutters may be rotated by any suitable mechanism. In the construction shown, the

` shaft 191 is provided with a spiral gear 201 which meshes with a similar gear 202 mounted on a shaft 203 which is supported in a bearing in the movable head so as to move therewith. This shaft 203 near its lower end carries a spiral gear 204; which is secured to the shaft by a spline or feather 205, the construction being such as to permit the shaft to move through the gear but to be at all times turned thereby. This gear is held between the forks of a bracket- 206 secured to the frame, said bracket preventing the gear from having any vertical movement. The

gear 204 is driven by a spiral gear 207k mounted on the main shaft 35. It will be apparent that by the construction described, the cutters are constantly rotated, are moved up into the path of the carrier when the cutting operation is to take place and are returned tJ` normal position after the cuttin,D operation is completed, I

It has been before stated that the carrier is moved to first bring one set of retaining devices into position with respect to the wrapping mechanism and then the other set and that it is given similar movements with re-y spect to the bunch support. The carrier, therefore, has two periods of rest with respect to the wrapping mechanism, and two periods of rest with respect to the support. I'Vhen, furthermore, as in the present machine, the carrier moves in the arc of a circle it is also desirable that it be brought toa position of rest when the cutting mechanism operates. In the present construction, therefore,r the carrier in making a complete reciprocation from the support` to the wrapping mechanism and back again, has ifive periods of rest. In order to insure that the carrier be accurately positioned during its periods of rest with respect to the mechanisms with which it cooperates at such times, suitable locking devices are preferably provided. These locking devices may be varied widely in construction. In the present machine, the carrier is provided (see Figs. 1, and 9) with a notched disk 208, the notches being suitably arranged therein so that one of tlrem will be in position to be engaged by a coperating locking member whenever the carrier is in one of its positions referred to. In the present machine, the member which coperates with the notched disk to lock the same is a pivoted bell-crank 209, 210 pivoted at 211 to a small bracket fast on the side of the frame.l The arm 209 of this bellcrank is positioned so that at proper times it will engage the notches in the disk 208, anda spring 212 is so arranged as to draw the arm 209 into one of the notches whenever it is free to act. The arm 210 of the bellcrank is so positioned asl to be struck by the arm 170 before described as operating the levers which produce the movement of the ejectors. It will be remembered that this arm 170 is mounted on a shaft 171 which is operated from 'a suitable cam through the connections described. The configuration of the cam is such as to not only give the arm 170 the movement required to operate the ejector levers, but also the movements which release the bell-crank 209, 210 in order to permit it to be thrown into locking position and force it out of said position.

The operation of the machine will be apparent from the description heretofore given,

especially when ytaken in connection with the disclosure contained in `Patent No. 654,208, and a further detailed description is not, therefore, necessary. 4

It is to be understood that the various mechanisms by which the operations performed in carrying out the invention may be varied Within wide limits. It is to be further understood that certain parts of the invention are capable of use independently of other parts and that such independent use is contemplated. The invention is not, therefore, to be confined to the specific details of construction hereinbefore described.

'What is claimed is:

1. The combination with a cutting bed having a knife, of a reciprocating carriage, a cooperating cutting device carried thereby, a lever, connections between the lever and the carriage, a crank, connections between the lever and lthe crank, a gear for operating the cank,and means for intermittently driving the gear, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a cutting bed having a knife, of a reciprocating carriage,

a cooperating cutting Adevice carried thereby, a lever, connections between the lever and the carriage, a crank, connections be-v by, a lever connected to the carriage, a

crank, a gear for operating the crank, a disk having a cut-away portion, a segment mounted on the disk opposite said cut-away portion, and a shoe moving with the gear and arranged to bear upon the disk except at the cut-away portion, substantially as described.

1l. The combination with a Cutting lmife, of suction holding means on each side ofthe knife, and means whereby the suction on one side of the knife may be controlled independently of the suction on the other side of the knife.

5. The combination with a knife of die form, of suction holding means located on the interior of the knife, suction holding means located on the exterior of .the knife, and means fo-r independently controlling the suction holding means, substantially as described.

6. The combination with a bed having a knife, of suction plates lying on opposite sides 'of the knife, suction chambers beneath said plates, means for independently controlling the suction in Said chambers, and means for producing a relative movement between the plates, substantially as described.

7. In a cutting mechanism, the combination with a knife, of suction plates lying on opposite sides of the knife, suction chambers beneath said plates, an intermediate suction chamber, connections from said intermediate chamber to the chambers lying beneath the plates, means for independently controlling said connections, and means for producing a relative movement between the plates, substantially as described.

8 The combination with a knife, of an interior suction plate, suction producing means in communication with said plate,

means for producing suction exterior to the knife, means for independently controlling the interior and exterior suction, and means for moving the interior plate with respect to the knife', substantially as described.

9. In a cutting mechanism, the combination with a knife, of an interior suction plate surrounded by said knife, a suction plate exterior to the knife, suction chambers beneath the plates, a suction mechanism, connections from the suction mechanism to the chambers, means for cutting off the suction from the chamber beneath the interior plate while it is allowed to act in the chamber beneath the exterior plate, and means for moving the interior plate, substantially as described.

10. In a cutting mechanism, the combination with a knife, of an interior suction between said pipe and each part of the chamber, and means for moving the interior plate, substantially as described.

11. In a cigar machine, the combination with an air chamber, of a piston, axwrapper support, means for establishing a connection between the air chamber` and the support, means connected with the operating parts of the machine for moving the piston in one direction, and means for moving the piston in the opposite direction, substantially asdescribed.

12. In a cigar machine, the combination with a wrapping mechanism, of a suction Wrapper support, means for moving said support with respect to the wrapping mechanism so as to deliver the wrapper thereto,

a blast chamber located at one end of the f support, an air chamber, a pipe leading from said chamber, a nozzle on said pipe so located that a connection between it and the `wrapping mechanism and the support during the wrapping operation, and a wrapper controlling device operating on the wrapper between ythe support A and the wrapping' mechanism.

14. The combination with a wrapping mechanism, of a wrapper! support, means for retaining the wrapper o'n the support in a stretched condition, and a wrapper controlling device operating on the wrapper between the'support and the wrapping mechamsm.

15. The combination with a wrapping mechanism, ofa suction support upon which the wrapper is held and from which it-i's 

